Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
This 1976 thriller, about a high school outcast (Sissy Spacek) who uses her telekinetic powers to massacre the graduating class, contains a number of interesting ideas. But as with most of his films, De Palma can't keep track of them.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
25 Sep 2007
fresh:
Carrie is a modest but effective shock-suspense drama about a pubescent girl, her evangelical mother and cruel schoolmates.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Oct 2008
fresh:
An exercise in high style that even the most unredeemably rational among moviegoers should find enormously enjoyable.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
13 Oct 2008
fresh:
More superpowers from Brian De Palma, this time in high school, in a screen version of a Stephen King novel that's become a horror classic.